The Islamic militant accused of planning last year’s Bali bombings targeted the tourist island as part of a “programme of jihad” against the United States for its invasion of Afghanistan, a key witness said today.

A KEY suspect in last October’s Bali nightclub bombings apologised to the victims’ families yesterday and showed reporters how he and others allegedly assembled the explosives that killed 192 people, most of them foreign tourists.

Police in Indonesia today released photos and sketches of six more suspects in last month’s bombings in Bali.

INDONESIA announced a fresh breakthrough in the Bali bombing probe yesterday.

Indonesian police are searching for two brothers of the prime suspect in the Bali bombing.